mlerules

Good discussion today w/guy I met volunteering last Friday 'bout beauty, community, spirituality, belief, faith, meta-ethics, &c. Ended up w/him playing me some lovely pieces of music on the great Steinway up by the altar. (We were over at a local Presby church/community center.) Several kids who'd been roaming around came in and sat still and silently as he played. (He's part of a musical fambily, has played organ for decades, and still teaches Music Composition at one of the local universities). Not long ago he'd gotten a grant from some UU church to write something and came up w/several pieces invoking simple joys (such as freshly laundered sheets snapping in the breeze). This really fits in w/my philosophy of Stopping To Smell The Flowers as part of Finding & Appreciating the Simply Joys of Life. Sometimes I think I lead a charmed existence.

Later today I will hike w/